The recent statement by Nigeria’s Imo State government making it compulsory to study the Igbo language at all levels of education in the state is one in a string of similar pronouncements since ...

The President of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria, Prof. Gideon Omachonu, has described the reversal of the National Language Policy as both a pedagogical failure and a moral wrong. He reminded ...

With five Nigerian languages among the top 100 languages spoken worldwide, Nigeria is conspicuous on the world language map. However, a lot needs to be done to preserve the languages. KOFOWOROLA ...

See the countries where Nigerian Languages can actually come in handy. Due to many reasons — trans-atlantic slave trade, cattle grazing, immigration — small communities have grown in other countries ...

Language advocates are left stunned as the Federal Government of Nigeria suddenly reverses its 2022 National Language Policy that mandates Indigenous languages in education, while re-introducing ...

Many of these languages are from the three major African language families: Afroasiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger-Congo. While the official language in Nigeria is English, and other major languages are ...

President of Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN), Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, on Tuesday in Abuja, said about 400 Nigerian indigenous languages were endangered. Ohiri-Aniche made the disclosure ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a big batch of Nigerian words to its new edition, in recognition of the way people from the African country have helped to shape the English language.

The recent statement by Nigeria’s Imo State government making it compulsory to study the Igbo language at all levels of education in the state is one in a string of similar pronouncements since ...